CPA Recognizes Fall River Historic Preservation Projects with Commemorative Plaques
CPA Funds Support Upgrades to Fire Museum, Art Association, and Historic Cemeteries
CPA Celebrates Open Space Investments: Rail Trail, Park Lighting, and Athletic Courts
The meeting was a ceremony to present plaques to various Fall River organizations that had received Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding for projects. The plaques were intended to be displayed on the buildings or sites to acknowledge the CPA's contribution. The presenter called up representatives from each recipient one by one to receive their award. The projects were broadly categorized into historic preservation and open space improvements. For historic preservation, plaques were awarded to numerous entities including the Fall River Historical Society, Lafayette Durfee House, Central Fire Station, Dr. Fisk House, the school administration building, Fall River Fire Museum, Handy Art School, Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River Library, and St. Ann's Church, among others. Open space projects recognized included the Quicksand Rail Trail, lighting upgrades at Maplewood Park and Father Kelly Park, the Waterville Rowing Club, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Adam Court Sensory Park, and court repaving at Griffin, Highland, and Troop Parks. The event was a celebration of the community improvements made possible through CPA funds.
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Alrighty, our first project we're calling up is the Fall River Historical Society.
0:06Uh, we have a plaque to give you to put on the front of your building that acknowledges that you had CPA money, uh, for historic preservation.
0:14So Caroline, if you could come up.
0:25Unprecedented 160-foot steeples are visible from all directions.
0:31The congregation was established generations ago.
0:34Okay, and then next, uh, is Charlie here from the Mad Boys at the Museum?
0:42I don't think Charlie's here.
0:43Charlie's not here.
0:44Okay, we'll pass that on.
0:47Um, Maritime Museum?
0:49Okay.
0:50Uh, Lafayette, uh, Durfee House?
0:53Good friend Dave Jennings, time travel from 1776.
1:06I tell you, if you haven't been down to Lafayette House, you should.
1:15It's magnificent.
1:17If, uh, they do cooking Coffee detail.
1:19I mean, it's just wonderful, uh, what he's done down there.
1:23Uh, next one up is the Central Fire Station.
1:31You've got the plaque before you got the, uh, up there.
1:39Uh, next, the Dr. Fisk House.
1:47They've been doing great work there.
1:49Uh, I guess the museum will be opening shortly one of these years where we'll have, uh, uh, you're welcome.
1:57Thank you.
1:59Next is the, uh, school administration building.
2:03I don't think anyone's here from the school administration.
2:06Al's here.
2:12And you might as well stay up here because you're going to get one for the Fall River Fire Museum, which, uh, that should be completed this year with the new roof, new windows.
2:19They're— oh, they're here.
2:23I think the new, uh, Chris, is it?
2:26Come on up, we'll give them a hand.
2:38Next is, uh, uh, Handy Art School.
2:45Okay, uh, did a great job with that.
2:47That building looks great.
2:49Uh, the Art Association.
3:01And, uh, water.
3:02Paul Furlan, the pump station.
3:10And then, uh, North Burial Grounds, that would be another Al.
3:15Al or Darren?
3:20Thank you.
3:28Then, uh, Andorondack Farms.
3:30I don't know if you folks saw what's going on at Andorondack Farms, but that's going to be great down there.
3:35Uh, so I'll get down there and check it out.
3:40Open space.
3:41The Barnes are going to be doing, I guess, educational seminars and stuff down there.
3:47Then let's see, next is the Oak Grove Cemetery.
3:54If you haven't seen the gate restored, you should get over there.
3:57It's just a great little walk around there.
4:00The Fall River Veterans Center, new roof.
4:02Ow.
4:04Fall River Library.
4:12Our good friends at historic St. Ann's Church, are they here?
4:22They're doing a great job saving that building.
4:25Let's see, Union Belt, I don't think anyone's here.
4:30Crescent Rock Church, great partners in helping Florida Row.
4:40Any way they can.
4:42Uh, Corky Rowe, uh, Rowing Club.
4:51We've rowed a couple of times.
4:56Yeah, Corky Rowe.
4:58You're Corky Rowe.
4:59This is you, right?
5:02Rowing.
5:02This is you.
5:04It's Corky Rowe, not the Rowing Club.
5:18Didn't finish the story at all.
5:19That is the story.
5:20Oh, okay.
5:21Oh, okay.
5:23All right, let's see next.
5:24It's the Children's Museum.
5:30Okay, um, let's see, uh, uh, Derpy Block.
5:37Okay, he's not here right now.
5:43Um, Eagle Event Center.
5:47Okay, uh, let's see, uh, snorkel, uh, to incentivize history, travel, and diversity.
5:55There we got one.
6:01Thank you.
6:02Thank you very much.
6:10Let's see, First Congressional Church, not here.
6:16Deaconess Holmes.
6:26And that's it for our students.
6:33York.
6:33Now open space.
6:38Um, got both pages?
6:41Yeah, I got both pages.
6:42Uh, first in open space, we have the, uh, Quicker Sand Rail Trail, which is one of the— we started the project off getting federal funding.
6:52We need a study to be done, and CPA, uh, supplied the money for the study.
6:56So, uh, great trail, great place to get out walking.
7:01So, Al, I guess you get this one.
7:02I'll take it.
7:03On Al Lima's name.
7:05Al Lima.
7:09If Al Lima were here, he'd take this.
7:14Thank you, Al.
7:16Thank you, Al.
7:17He's a great guy.
7:22Next we have, uh, it's daring around.
7:23We have, uh, Maplewood Park.
7:28Um, come on up.
7:30We have, uh, Maplewood Park, uh, lights, state-of-the-art.
7:35Uh, Father Kelly, uh, Park with the lights.
7:42Now we can have these, uh, great softball tournaments at night and, uh, bring people in here.
7:50Let's see, Waterville Rowing Club, that's it for you now.
7:55That's not it, okay, but if you haven't seen the Waterville Rowing Club, it's a great— I mean, a city our size has a free— they give free lessons to our youth and stuff, so make sure you get them down there.
8:07I mean, it's just a tremendous thing they do down there, and they also have events going on.
8:12Tournaments and stuff.
8:15Next would be, uh, I guess, uh, well, we need Darren back up with Pulaski Park.
8:25And, uh, Columbia Street.
8:36God.
8:38Columbia Street Parklet, uh, he's not here.
8:42Can we pass it on to Darren?
8:45Uh, Vietnam, uh, Veterans Memorial Wall, another great thing the city established.
8:53Uh, it's a, it's a great place to go down there and honor the people that sacrificed for us.
8:58So, uh, Darren, we got more for you.
9:06And then Adam Court Sensory Park.
9:12You come up and take it with this gentleman, Marcel.
9:15I think you've done a great job.
9:20This is a great project where community investing in it with the city can make things happen.
9:28So keep that in mind with other projects and stuff that come on board.
9:32Uh, let's see, uh, next is, uh, some more parks that we did.
9:35Griffin Park, Highland Park, Troop Park.
9:39They are all getting repaved this year, I guess, courts.
9:45So, and that concludes the plan.
9:48So thank you.
9:51One second.
9:57We have what we forgot on this door, Little Theater.
10:02Thank you.
10:11Okay, that's it.
10:12Enjoy the rest of the night.
10:14Mingle, and any questions, feel free.